Chasin’ The ‘Trane – Part 2 on Patreon!

This month I’ve got a whole 16-page PDF for you!

For those of you that are familiar with John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” and his other tunes based on similar harmonies, here I have an option you can try out in order to flavor up your solos by using some “alternate changes” over the Giant Steps pattern.

In these exercises, the Dominant chords are substituted by their related minor chord.

For example:

The original changes:

BMaj7 D7 GMaj7 Bb7 EbMaj7 F#7 BMaj7

The “alternate” changes:

BMaj7 Am7 GMaj7 Fm7 EbMaj7 C#m7 BMaj7

You’ll notice that the root of the chords move in whole-tone steps downwards.

Practice a few of the patterns in the booklet and try them over a slower version of a Giant Steps play-along.

Play-alongs for Giant Steps in various tempi you’ll find at PlayJazzNow.com .